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How to use Laptop / Notebook Battery

2011-08-21T22:43:00.002+09:00

I found a news that might help most of laptop owners to get an idea about their Laptop/Notebook battery life related things.

news item describes things like, Battery Basics, How to check your battery, Best Practices and more.

"Best practices to maintain battery life

You'd think that the best way to keep your laptop's battery from wearing out is to not use it. Right?

As it turns out, batteries are like muscles; they need to be worked out regularly to stay healthy. Ideally, you'd use your laptop unplugged at least once a day, like on a train or bus commute or on the couch in front of the TV. If you're not going to use it, constantly charging your battery is a bad idea; HP recommends on their website that if you're going to leave your laptop plugged in or put up in storage for more than two weeks, you should take the battery out of your laptop."

source : yahoo.com

Bloomenergy - Bloom Box

2011-04-22T13:13:00.004+09:00

new class of distributed power generator, producing clean, reliable, affordable electricity
technology link

Close Parent window from nested iframe child pages : javascript;

2010-12-21T15:52:00.003+09:00

for : IE and FireFox

1:  <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
2:      function CloseAll() { 
3:        if (top === self) { 
4:          alert('not iframed'); 
5:          if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") { 
6:            self.close(); 
7:          } 
8:          else { 
9:          var respnseVal = confirm("Do you wan't to close this window"); 
10:            if (respnseVal) {             
11:              netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserWrite");             
12:              window.open('', '_self'); 
13:              window.close(); 
14:            } 
15:          } 
16:        } 
17:        else { 
18:          alert('iframed'); 
19:          if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") { 
20:            top.close(); 
21:          } 
22:          else {           
23:            var respnseVal = confirm("Do you wan't to close this window"); 
24:            if (respnseVal) { 
25:              netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserWrite"); 
26:              top.open('', '_self'); 
27:              top.window.close(); 
28:            } 
29:          } 
30:        } 
31:      }     
32:    </script>

FckEditor panels hide behind the Model Popup

2010-12-21T15:22:00.002+09:00

Using FckEditor with asp.net model popup, there a possibility of Property windows hide behind the model popup panel

change the configuration value to higher value than existing
fckconfig.js and find this line:
FCKConfig.FloatingPanelsZIndex = 100005 ;// 100005 value can be changed according to the browser

: These z-index values can be checked using Element inspection facility of Firebug or IE developer Tool Bar, by applying appropriate values for respective panels (using styles) is another workaround

C# Windows, Iterate through Menu Items (MenuStrip)

2010-09-15T19:41:00.003+09:00

for (int i = 0; i < this.menuStrip1.Items.Count; i++)
{
//main menus items
string mnuItemName = this.menuStrip1.Items[i].Name;
ToolStripMenuItem tmpMenuItem = this.menuStrip1.Items[i] as ToolStripMenuItem;

//check for sub menu
for (int j = 0; j < tmpMenuItem.DropDownItems.Count; j++)
{
string menuSubItem = tmpMenuItem.DropDownItems[j].Name;
}
}

One of my old favorite Games - Z (Strategy)

2009-09-09T20:26:00.004+09:00

Z - strategy game

i used to love this game , it was quite fascinating strategy game around 1996

download : http://www.486games.net/game.php?id=173

Crystal Report XI - ASP.NET 2005, Not enough memory for operation.

2009-08-25T19:54:00.003+09:00

Recently I have faced certain error when i was trying access Report Viewer in deployed asp.net 2005 application with Crystal Report XI/11 on IIS
error was :

Not enough memory for operation.

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Not enough memory for operation.

there was hundreds of solutions neither worked for me..
finally i have installed Crystal Report XI server .NET release 2 that worked :)

download crystal report run-times for Crystal Report XI at:
http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/additional_downloads/runtime.asp#06

Enum To ListItem Collection

2009-07-23T21:00:00.002+09:00

private System.ComponentModel.BindingList<ListItem> EnumToList(Type enumType)
{
System.ComponentModel.BindingList<ListItem> listItemBindingList = new System.ComponentModel.BindingList<ListItem>();
foreach (Enum item in Enum.GetValues(enumType))
{
ListItem lItem = new ListItem(item.ToString("D"), item.ToString("G"));
listItemBindingList.Add(lItem);
}
}

you can call the method
BindingList<ListItem> listItemBindingList = EnumToList(typeof(YourEnum));

ASP.NET GridView - Format Template column data using format strings and Custom Methods

2009-07-13T17:14:00.004+09:00

This article contains GridView template column formatting through Data Format String, ternary operator blocks and custom methods.

Using Format String
Date time

<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblDOB" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("DOB","{0:d}") %>'></asp:Label>
</itemtemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

For Long Date,

<itemtemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label8" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("DOB","{0:d}") %>'></asp:Label>
</itemtemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Using ternary operator

<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Image
ID="ImageOpenPending" runat="server"
ImageUrl='<%# Convert.ToInt32(Eval("StateId")) == 1 ? "~/images/icons/DashBoard_Green_Bullet.gif" : "~/images/icons/DashBoard_Red_Bullet.gif" %>' />

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLinkWorkOrderSummery" runat="server"
NavigateUrl='<%# "~/AuthUser/WorkOrder_Main.aspx?Id=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Id").ToString()) + "&mode=View" %>' > <%#Convert.ToDateTime(Eval("StartDate")).ToShortDateString().ToString() + " ," %>
</asp:HyperLink>
</ItemTemplate>

Using a code behind custom method

<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="LabelPublicComment" runat="server" ToolTip='<%# Eval("PublicComment") %>'
Text='<%# FormatName(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "PublicComment")).ToString() %>'>
</asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>

Write this method in code behind

protected string FormatName(object description)
{
string desc = Convert.ToString(description);
if (desc.Length > 25)
return desc.Substring(0, 25) + "..";
else
return desc;
}

MD5 Crisis

2009-01-07T18:39:00.002+09:00

Now MD5 hash function is said to be no longer reliable and recommended to go for SHA1 SHA2
More…

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~mabzug1/cs/md5/md5.html
news.google.com

KGB Archiver - What a compression

2008-12-18T13:37:00.002+09:00

Recently one of my friends introduced me a new archiving software that having an unbelievable compression ratio with its maximum mode,

Plus unbelievable duration for compression, don’t worry anyway they have provided “turn off the machine after compression” facility ;)

KGB Archiver - http://kgbarchiver.net/?page=home

Customer who developed a Open Source Charting Component

2008-07-04T14:47:00.007+09:00

We have found a interesting open source Flash Charting component which
is free at the moment :)

What made him write the component...?

http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart/

How to find the control that caused the Page Submit in FormLoad event - ASP.NET

2008-05-15T20:27:00.005+09:00

This function would be useful when someone needs to identify button clicks outside the respective button event
Changing the selected object type, it's possible to find other controls as well.

public static System.Web.UI.Control GetPostbackControlObject(System.Web.UI.Page pageReference)
{
System.Web.UI.Control returnObj = null;
if (pageReference.IsPostBack)
{
//- Find postback control's Name in form __EVENTTARGET field...
object eventTarget = pageReference.Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"];
//- if __EVENTTARGET has a value (not null or an empty string), return the control with that name
if ((eventTarget != null) && eventTarget.ToString().Trim().Count()>0)
{
return pageReference.FindControl(eventTarget.ToString().Trim());
}
//- That is not working if the postback is trigered by a standard Buttons.
// Get the control from the Page.Form collection.
foreach (string keyName in pageReference.Request.Form)
{
System.Web.UI.Control selectedControl = pageReference.FindControl(keyName);
// Found & a Button
if ((selectedControl != null) && (selectedControl is Button))
{
returnObj = selectedControl;
break;
}
}
}
return returnObj;
}

Format HTML - Visual Studio 2005

2008-04-17T14:00:00.004+09:00

it's very easy t format HTML or the mark up in a page using VS 2005

1. Select a part or the page which contains html

2. Select "Edit" menu and then select "Advanced" there are many useful options available

note: it's always better to check things in your menus when you tired with your coding

3. Select format document or format selection accordingly, VS will do the formatting for you

Debug Stored Procedures (SPs) in Visual Studio .NET

2008-01-09T14:06:00.000+09:00

Though I have heard of it I never wanted to try it till yesterday, the debugging a SP in Visual Studio .NET is a straight forward job as follows

- Open your project
- Add a New Connection to Visual Studio

Select and open the respective SP and break point can be added

then right click on the Stored Procedure in the Server Explorer, select Step into Stored Procedure

"One more setting"
– go to the project settings, Set Debuggers SQL Server true

"Happy Debugging"

Scientist Got a Clue

2006-03-09T19:37:00.000+09:00

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.

- Albert Einstein

UPEKSHA : : [equanimity, indifferent feeling]

2006-01-05T15:52:00.000+09:00

Strenth | Weakness

2005-09-14T17:08:00.000+09:00

This mind is like a fish out of water that thrashes and throws itself about,
its thoughts following each of its cravings.

Such a wandering mind is weak and unsteady, attracted here, there and everywhere.
How good it is to control it and know the happiness of freedom.

Great Man

2005-09-13T17:24:00.000+09:00

Arrived at the finished,unfrightened,
unblemished, free of craving,
he has cut awaythe arrows of becoming.
This physical heap is his last.

Free from craving,
ungrasping,
astute in expression,
knowing the combination of sounds
which comes first & which after.
He’s called a last-body
greatly discerning
great man.